"I'm not going to eat anymore!" Hearing how her own parents weren't siding with her, Carly threw the cutleries down and left angrily. "Celeste, she's just too spoiled. I'll punish her when we get back home. Don't take her words to heart …" For a moment, the atmosphere at the dining table was ice-cold. When Becky saw her daughter throwing a fit as she left, she felt nothing but embarrassment and hurriedly apologized to Celeste. "I'll ask her to visit you and apologize," Nick also said with an awkward look. "It's okay. What she thinks of me isn't important," Celeste replied.She was stating the truth. To her, Carly was just a stranger that had crossed paths with her in life. No matter how Carly judged her, it wouldn't be worth her effort to get hung up. "You should watch your behavior if you don't want other people to talk bad about you." Serena snorted. "I wouldn't be able to stop anyone from slandering me no matter how well-behaved I am anyway."Recalling the upsettin
Celeste smirked. There was mockery in her eyes, but she didn't say a word. Damon's heart was hurt when he saw that. "What should I do?" He sighed, wanting to kiss her teary eyes. But under his coat, Celeste quietly dodged him, clearly repelled. What Carly had said and done to Celeste was utterly unnecessary during dinner. And although Celeste hadn't let Carly get her way by winning all the arguments, Celeste didn't deserve to be treated that way.Serena's words had upset her too. After being verbally attacked by both of them, it would only be natural for her to talk back to Serena. Damon gave it some thought.Celeste had always been a forthcoming person. But not only did he not stand up for her, he'd even told her not to be on edge. His response was indeed a little overboard. Celeste should be angry. Damon was ready to coax her once they reached home, but Celeste gave him no chance to do so at all. If she'd lash out at him, he could still coax her with words, ge
Of course it looked familiar to Damon. It wasn't just any emerald pendant. It formed one half of the Celestial Bonds, which was a pair of matching pendants. Damon didn't say a word. Instead, he walked further into the study and opened the drawer beside Celeste. Then, he fished out another box that was almost the same size as hers. When he opened the box, Celeste saw the other half of the matching pendant. Celeste's pendant was shaped like a moon whilst Damon's one was a sun. "That's what Henry gave you that day." Damon wasn't asking a question. "Yeah. To be exact, he was just returning the pendant to its rightful owner." Celeste took Damon's pendant as well and played with both pendants. She spoke with a low and hoarse voice. "Want to hear a story?" "You can sit down and tell me," Damon replied.It was rare for such a tight-lipped person like Celeste to talk. Damon sat on the only chair in the study and carried Celeste up to sit on his lap. He only felt at ease whe
Celeste passed the pair of pendants over to him. Damon's heart clenched, and he couldn't help but hug Celeste tighter. He became anxious and quickly denied, "Celeste, you should know that things wouldn't go back to how they would be from the moment you approached me." Damon was very scared that if Celeste was a weak-minded woman and allowed the York family to control her, the one that he married could be Shannon. Meanwhile, Celeste might feel disheartened since she'd lost her mother and might simply just marry anyone. Apart from destiny, it was all thanks to Celeste's determination that the two got to meet each other. Damon was 26 years old. There had been many women who wanted to sleep with him, so Celeste wasn't the first that dared to take her clothes off in front of him. But for some reason, he fell for her because of how enticing she was. As Damon thought of their first time, he got a hard on. Celeste started, "You might not listen when other people say it once or
Since Damon wanted to feed her, Celeste would let him do it. She took her sweet time eating the omelet, and she'd chew it slowly before swallowing. Then, she gave him a look saying that she wanted to have some soup. Damon then scooped some soup. He brought the spoon to his lips and blew it before feeding her. It took nearly five minutes for her to finish a spoonful of soup. "I want more food," Celeste said, as if she didn't notice anything strange down there. Damon thought that she was actually hungry. He was very desperate, but he remained patient as he fed her. Celeste's lipstick was gone after they'd made out just now. So, at that moment, her lips were pale and pinkish. When she bit the omelet, they looked soft and alluring. As he watched Celeste eat the food he fed her, Damon felt aroused. He seemed calm on the outside, but he was fighting hard to suppress his desire on the inside. There were 12 omelets on the plate. They were intended as two servings for Celeste
It was 7 am when Damon brought the pair of pendants with him to visit the Bishop residence. Serena had just woken up not too long ago and was having breakfast with the assistance of her maids. She was confused to see her son here. Why wasn't he with his wife now? "Mom, I have something to tell you." Damon sat by Serena's side. He then pulled out the boxes that contained the Celestial Bonds. Damon told Serena the whole story of how James had given Sylvia the engagement agreement and pendant. He concluded, "So, Celeste has always been destined to be the daughter-in-law of the family from the start. I hope you'll respect her from now on." Serena merely listened to him in silence. After a while, she said slowly, "Is that true?" "I told Liam to look into Grandpa's medical history back then. It's true." Serena was utterly shocked. James only mentioned that he'd set up an amazing engagement for Damon back then. But he never told her the reason. Now that she thought about
When Damon returned home, Celeste had just woken up not too long ago. She was barefaced and curled up on the couch in the living room while having her coffee. "Aren't you cold?" Damon went over to touch her calves that weren't covered by her robe. He relaxed after making sure that they weren't cold. Celeste was still mad at him about the medicine. She silently lifted her head up to look at him.Damon sat by her side. Then, he stuffed the jewelry box that Serena gifted into her hands. "Here, Mrs. Bishop gave you this." He opened the lid and showed her the contents. Seeing the dazzling array of jewelry inside, Celeste felt overwhelmed. The last time she saw such a huge pearl was when she visited the museum. "Is she asking me to take this and leave you?" she asked."What are you talking about?" Damon flicked Celeste's head. "This is a wedding gift. She said that she forgot to give you this at our wedding, so she told me to pass it to you." "I don't want it." Celeste reject
It was finally winter, and everyone was starting to create designs for Christmas-themed jewelry. Celeste was drafting designs at her desk for almost half the day. She didn't even have time to drink water. Suddenly, her phone rang. It was a call from an unfamiliar number. "Celeste, something happened to Lawrence. We're at the Davidson Hospital, you should come over now!" She heard a woman speaking in a demanding tone over the phone. Celeste was dumbfounded. "Who are you?" The voice was familiar, and after processing it for a while, Celeste realized that it was Carly. "Lawrence's in a really bad condition. Come now!" Carly didn't answer Celeste's question, and after demanding for Celeste to come, she hung up. Judging from Carly's tone, she didn't sound like she was lying. Without thinking twice, Celeste asked for a day off from Sylvie before rushing to the hospital. On her way there, she got a call from Damon."Darling, my head hurts. Can you come up here and massa